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"This full-length junior novel should hold a place with the best Civil War fiction for young people. The fighting takes place in the West. . . . A young farm boy joins the Union forces, becomes a scout . . . There is suspense in the telling and many a colorful character".--The Horn Book.

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lots of references to 'Johnny Reb'. it's kind of one-sided to refer to the confederate soldiers as being 'confused about the war.' to them it was a conflict over states' rights. not many of them were fighting to keep slaves: they were too poor to do that. it was only after, that Lincoln made the war about freeing the slaves. He needed the Negro soldiers. A similar, contemporary dispute is over 'sanctuary cities.' The federal government doesn't want them because the feds are attempting to control illegal immigration. Some cities want to be sanctuaries. And are, to this day. But there will be no civil war over it.

this is a great civil war book. its one that does not show the confederates as bloodless killers but as humans involved and confused about the war. I also learned a lot about the civil war. The battle against the bush wackers tho!

My 11 yr. old daughter loved this book and learned a lot about the Civil War! She has been reading and looking for everything and anything she can find about the Civil War since. The characters and story of this book was so captivating to her.